Sports
Composite preseason state rankings
(AP)
Here's a look at Georgia's teams ranked on a consensus of six polls (AJC – Atlanta Journal-Constitution/GHSF Daily; GS – Georgia Sports Writers Association; GPB – Georgia Public Broadcasting; SA – Score Atlanta; Max – Maxwell Ratings; and MP – MaxPreps):
| Class AAAAAAA | AJC | GS | GPB | SA | Max | MP | Total |
| 1. Grayson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 60 |
| 2. Colquitt County | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 51 |
| 3. Lowndes | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 44 |
| 4. Roswell | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 39 |
| 5. Mill Creek | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 31 |
| 6. McEachern | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 24 | |
| 7. Brookwood | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 20 | ||
| 8. Westlake | 10 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 15 | ||
| 9. Parkview | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 13 | |
| 10. Norcross | 9 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 10 | |
| 11. South Gwinnett | 9 | 9 | 4 | ||||
| 12T. Archer | 8 | 3 | |||||
| 12T. Tift County | 8 | 3 | |||||
| 14. North Cobb | 9 | 2 | |||||
| 15T. Peachtree Ridge | 10 | 1 | |||||
| 15T. Lassiter | 10 | 1 | |||||
| Class AAAAAA | AJC | GS | GPB | SA | Max | MP | Total |
| 1. Valdosta | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 58 |
| 2. Tucker | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 56 |
| 3. Northside-Warner Robins | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 39 |
| 4. Harrison | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 37 | |
| 5. Lee County | 5 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 32 |
| 6. Dalton | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 31 |
| 7. Mays | 7 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 24 |
| 8. Glynn Academy | 9 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | |
| 9T. Coffee | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | ||
| 9T. Stephenson | 9 | 5 | 8 | ||||
| 11. Houston County | 6 | 5 | |||||
| 12 Alpharetta | 10 | 10 | 9 | 4 | |||
| 13T. Brunswick | 8 | 3 | |||||
| 13T. Alexander | 8 | 3 | |||||
| 15. Allatoona | 9 | 2 | |||||
| 16. Effingham County | 10 | 1 | |||||
| Class AAAAA | AJC | GS | GPB | SA | Max | MP | Total |
| 1. Rome | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 58 |
| 2. Buford | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 54 |
| 3. Stockbridge | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 46 |
| 4. Carrollton | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 43 |
| 5T. Ware County | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 33 |
| 5T. Kell | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 33 |
| 7. Griffin | 9 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 16 | |
| 8. Bainbridge | 8 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 15 | |
| 9. Thomas County Central | 7 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | ||
| 10. Jones County | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 11T. Woodland-Stockbridge | 8 | 9 | 5 | ||||
| 11T. Starr's Mill | 6 | 5 | |||||
| 13. Loganville | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | |||
| 14. Carver-Atlanta | 10 | 1 | |||||
| Class AAAA | AJC | GS | GPB | SA | Max | MP | Total |
| 1. Cartersville | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 60 |
| 2. Thomson | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 51 |
| 3. Blessed Trinity | 2 | 3.5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 42.5 |
| 4. Jefferson | 6 | 3.5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 39.5 |
| 5. Sandy Creek | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 37 |
| 6. Woodward Academy | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 33 |
| 7. Mary Persons | 8 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 21 |
| 8T. Cairo | 9 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 13 | |
| 8T. Marist | 7 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 13 | ||
| 10. Ridgeland | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 11. Burke County | 6 | 5 | |||||
| 12. Northwest Whitfileld | 8 | 3 | |||||
| 13. Troup | 9 | 2 | |||||
| 14T. Spalding | 10 | 1 | |||||
| 14T. Oconee County | 10 | 1 | |||||
| Class AAA | AJC | GS | GPB | SA | Max | MP | Total |
| 1. Greater Atlanta Christian | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 57 |
| 2. Peach County | 1 | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 53.5 |
| 3. Cedar Grove | 4 | 2.5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 45.5 |
| 4. Calhoun | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 42 |
| 5. Westminster | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 35 |
| 6. Crisp County | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 26 |
| 7. Liberty County | 8 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 22 |
| 8. Pace Academy | 9 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 9. Lovett | 7 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 20 |
| 10T. Pierce County | 9 | 2 | |||||
| 10T. Southeast Bulloch | 9 | 2 | |||||
| 10T. Dawson County | 10 | 10 | 2 | ||||
| 13T. Worth County | 10 | 1 | |||||
| 13T. Jenkins | 10 | 1 | |||||
| Class AA | AJC | GS | GPB | SA | Max | MP | Total |
| 1. Benedictine | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 59 |
| 2. Fitzgerald | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 54 |
| 3. Hapeville Charter | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 40 |
| 4. Callaway | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 39 |
| 5T. Rabun County | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 34 |
| 5T. Screven County | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 34 |
| 7. Pepperell | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 24 |
| 8. Jefferson County | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 16 |
| 9. Brooks County | 8 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |
| 10. Rockmart | 10 | 10 | 8 | 5 | |||
| 11. Toombs County | 7 | 4 | |||||
| 12. Vidalia | 8 | 3 | |||||
| 13T. Heard County | 9 | 2 | |||||
| 13T. Dublin | 9 | 2 | |||||
| Class A (private) | AJC | GS | GPB | SA | Max | MP | Total |
| 1. Eagle's Landing Christian | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 60 |
| 2. Prince Avenue Christian | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 52 |
| 3. Wesleyan | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 48 |
| 4. Mount Paran Christian | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 34 |
| 5. Tattnall Square | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 27 | |
| 6. Landmark Christian | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 26 | |
| 7. Fellowship Christian | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 23 | ||
| 8. Calvary Day | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 22 | |
| 9. Darlington | 7 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 15 | |
| 10. Aquinas | 9 | 7 | 10 | 7 | |||
| 11. Stratford Academy | 10 | 7 | 5 | ||||
| 12. Savannah Christian | 8 | 10 | 4 | ||||
| 13T. First Presbyterian | 10 | 9 | 3 | ||||
| 13T. Athens Academy | 10 | 9 | 3 | ||||
| 15. George Walton Academy | 10 | 1 | |||||
| Class A (public) | AJC | GS | GPB | SA | Max | MP | Total |
| 1. Macon County | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 59 |
| 2. Clinch County | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 53 |
| 3T. Emanuel County Institute | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 41 |
| 3T. Manchester | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 41 |
| 5. McIntosh County Academy | 8 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 28 | |
| 6. Taylor County | 5 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 27 | |
| 7T. Irwin County | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 25 | |
| 7T. Commerce | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 25 |
| 9. Turner County | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 10 | |
| 10. Lincoln County | 10 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 9 | ||
| 11T. Mount Zion | 8 | 3 | |||||
| 11T. Pelham | 8 | 3 | |||||
| 13T. Greene County | 9 | 2 | |||||
| 13T. Charlton County | 9 | 2 | |||||
| 15. Telfair County | 10 | 1 |
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